The Wrath of Ambar
#6213.83 adjusted 3.87 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 2 books Status Complete 2020–2021 Reading commitment Low Tanaz Bhathena Last reviewed 2026-10-24
Overview
Tanaz Bhathena's Wrath of Ambar duology is a young-adult fantasy of love, sisterhood, vengeance and hope set in a world inspired by medieval India, exploring identity, class struggles and high-stakes romance. In the kingdom of Ambar, girls with a star-shaped birthmark have been disappearing for years, and Gul, who bears one, has spent her life running; dangerous circumstances bring her and Cavas together at the king's domain in Ambar Fort, a world with secrets deadlier than their own, and in the second book the two must unite their magical forces, and hold on to their growing romance, to save the kingdom from tyranny.
Epic fantasy, Romantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (2 works) counts toward ranking
The Wrath of Ambar Tanaz Bhathena
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hunted by the Sky | 2020 | 1 | core | 3.83 (2,268 ratings) |
 | Rising Like a Storm | 2021 | 2 | core | 3.85 (641 ratings) |
Gul and Cavas against the tyranny of Ambar.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Wrath of Ambar? The Wrath of Ambar's Core Canon is 2 books.
- What is the reading order for The Wrath of Ambar? Publication order, starting with Hunted by the Sky. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is The Wrath of Ambar finished? Complete (2020–2021).
- How much reading does The Wrath of Ambar take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 2 Core Canon books).
- How is The Wrath of Ambar ranked? #621 in this site's official ranking, based on 2,909 reader ratings across 2 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #621?
Ranked #621 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.83 across 2 core books.
- A smaller readership (2,909 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Remarkably consistent across the whole series: all 2 rated core books rate within 0.02 of each other.
- Less than 0.01 behind #620, The Damiano Trilogy (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 2 books · Complete · 3k ratings · Ranks #621 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment epic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
Publication order (2 Core Canon books)
- Hunted by the Sky (2020)
- Rising Like a Storm (2021)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- White Pine Award, 2021: won: Hunted by the Sky; Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading, voted by readers in grades 9 to 12.
- Snow Willow Award, 2021: nominated: Hunted by the Sky
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.83 across 2,909 ratings on 2 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon extension: The Twistrose Key (Tone Almhjell) and The Wrath of Ambar (Tanaz Bhathena) accepted 2026-10-23
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Author page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles) Tier 2
- Winchester Public Library catalogue (FSG first edition and jacket text) Tier 2
- 49th Shelf (publisher page and author note) Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Rule: Core Canon = Hunted by the Sky (2020) and Rising Like a Storm (2021).